A Late 17thC North Italian Walnut & Marquetry Inlaid Cassone sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles associated with the lunar cycle

associated with the lunar cycle

heavy pile it combines large uncluttered fields with the occasional geometric human or animal silhouette

made by long standing companies such as Faber

but refers to cigarettes made with golden yellow tobacco

A Late 17thC North Italian Walnut & Marquetry Inlaid Cassone sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles associated with the lunar cycleOrigin: Italian Period: Late Seventeenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1670 Height: 26 inches Length: 64 inches Depth: 21 inches The hinged rectangular pine top with moulded edge above a marquetry inlaid panelled lower case, the two front central panels composed of a divided roundel with a sun and three flower motifs, within a stylised floral border, spaced by conforming raised panels, on a plinth base above later carved supports. Cassoni were